Jersey John I'm getting a kick out of you wasting your time trying to find Fox doing something wrong and coming up empty.
This one below is almost funny. Kondrake is a liberal on the show. So Jersey John the lib disagrees with Kondrake the lib, and somehow that's Fox's fault? Thats all you can come up with? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jersey Shore John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is what Mort Kondracke said yesterday about the Military > Commissions Act, while he sat next to Fox News anchor Brit Hume and > Fred Barnes, neither of whom contested what he said: > > MORT KONDRACKE: Well, as to that human rights watch spokesperson, > it's just false that this is you can lock them up and throw away > the key is not correct. I mean, these detainees have a right to go to > a military they have been tried in a military tribunal. The case > goes on appeal to the U.S. district the Circuit Court of appeals > for the District of Columbia, second highest court in the land, which > reviews the evidence. And so there is judicial review of a > conviction, at least, and so, you know, it's just flatly false. > > What is "flatly false" is what Kondracke told Fox viewers about the > Military Commissions Act. It is true that the Act creates military > commissions and establishes rules for those commissions in the event > that the President wants a certain detainee tried, convicted and > punished (almost certainly execution). Not even the Bush-led U.S. > will openly execute detainees without a finding that they are guilty > of terrorism. The commissions exist so that the Executive branch can > impose sentence (such as the death sentence) on detainees who are > found guilty of engaging in terrorism (or some other war crime). > > But there is no right for detainees to be tried before a commission, > and there is no obligation for the President to bring any detainee > before a military commission. If the President does not want to > obtain a finding of guilt and impose punishment, he has no reason to > bring them before a military commission. He can just keep them > detained forever without any finding of guilt and without any > punishment being imposed (just as many of the Guantanamo detainees, > and even U.S. citizens, have been kept in cages for years with no > finding of any kind of guilt). > > > On Sep 13, 2007, at 8:10 AM, justifiedright wrote: > > > Any examples of them making stuff up where they didn't admit to it? > > > > I don't think there are any. > > > > I gave you several in the MSM. > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" <asburycouple@> > > wrote: > > > > > > For years professional wrestling wouldn't admit that they weren't > > > really fighting either. The fact that they wouldn't admit it > > didn't > > > mean it was real. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" > > > <justifiedright@> wrote: > > > > > > > > AsburyCouple I gave examples of the MSM making up stories and > > > > ADMITTING to doing it. > > > > > > > > Do you have anything on Fox that comes close? > > > > > > > > I'm sure someone on this board is going to link to some left > > wing > > > > site that will say they don't like Fox. That's not the point. > > > > > > > > I'm talking about admitted examples of making stuff up. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" > > <asburycouple@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Tom - I'll buy that both sides of the media spectrum have > > acted > > > > very > > > > > poorly and at times have not served the public by reporting > > > things > > > > > other than the truth. But please don't insult everyone's > > > > > intelligence by saying that Rush and Fox don't make things > > up. I > > > > was > > > > > with you until you went there, at which point your entire > > > argument > > > > > was invalidated... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" > > > > > <justifiedright@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Gary Wien <lightgrw@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just because Fox News or > > > > > > > Rush says so doesn't make it so... > > > > > > > > > > > > Gary, > > > > > > > > > > > > CBS did Dan Rather's forged document show. > > > > > > > > > > > > NBC blew up a truck with a device pretending the truck had a > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > Reuters got caught repeatedly in the "Fauxtography" scandal > > > > where > > > > > > they doctored photos or staged photos > > > > > > > > > > > > New York Times colunist Jayson Blair simply made up stories > > > > > > > > > > > > Associated Press got caught in the "Fauxtography" scandal > > > where > > > > > > they doctored photos or staged photos > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fox News and Rush don't make things up. The "mainsteam > > media" > > > > has > > > > > > been caught making things up and admitting it. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll take Fox News for integrity any day. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/